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Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 29, No. 5. 1966.

48 hour call workers praised

48 hour call workers praised

"I Want to thank all the students who took part in 48-hour call" says Ian McKinnon. who organised it. 140 students volunteered—a good response says Mr. McKinnon, particularly considering it was Anzac weekend and terms exams were only days off.

"There was only one hitch—for which I take the blame" he said. "One welfare organisation distributed aid forms to persons who were not really entitled to it. This caused some difficulty and embarrassment to both public and students." Mr. McKinnon says students, elderly people, press, and the general public seem well pleased with the scheme's success.